Companion to Marsilius of Padua

Gerson Moreno-Riaño, Ph.D. (1999) in Political Science, University of Cincinnati, is an associate professor of government at Regent University (USA). His more recent publications include the co-authored The Prospect of Internet Democracy (Ashgate, 2009) and the edited The World of Marsilius of Padua (Brepols, 2006). Cary J. Nederman, Ph.D. (1983) in Social and Political Thought, York University (Toronto), is Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University (USA). He has published extensively on the history of Western political thought from antiquity to the Renaissance, including the recent book Lineages of European Political Thought: Explorations along the Medieval/Modern Divide from John of Salisbury to Hegel (Catholic University of America Press, 2009)

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionGerson Moreno-Riaño and Cary J. NedermanChapter 1. The Life of Marsilius of PaduaFrank GodthardtChapter 2. Marsilius of Padua at ParisWilliam J. CourtenayChapter 3. Medicine and the Body Politic in Marsilius of Padua’s Defensor pacisTakashi ShogimenChapter 4. Marsilius of Padua’s Principles of Secular PoliticsGerson Moreno-Riaño and Cary J. NedermanChapter 5. Marsilius of Padua on Church and StateBettina KochChapter 6. The Spirituality of the Church: Scripture, Salvation, and SacramentsMichael J. SweeneyChapter 7. Marsilius and the Poverty Controversy in Dictio IIRoberto LambertiniChapter 8. The Minor Marsilius: The Other Works of Marsilius of PaduaGianluca BrigugliaChapter 9. The Reception of MarsiliusThomas M. IzbickiConclusionGerson Moreno-Riaño and Cary J. NedermanSelect BibliographyIndex

“This volume is an important contribution to Marsilian studies. In their introduction, the editors liken it to a photographic montage that offers a comprehensive portrait of Marsilius by viewing him from different yet complementary historical and scholarly perspectives. The effect is quite successful. These essays step beyond synthesis, offering challenging new understandings of the complex intellectual and historical influences that played upon the Paduan.”Thomas Turley, Santa Clara University. In: The Medieval Review (November 2012).